Gen Z Leads a 66% Surge in Self-Taught Job Skills, Creating a Verification Headache

Canadian Employers Slow to Embrace Surge in Self-Taught Job Skills

TORONTO, Feb. 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- From YouTube crash courses to TikTok tutorials promising “job‑ready skills in under 10 minutes,” self‑taught learning is exploding, and it’s beginning to reshape resumes across the country.

Gen Z Leads a 66% Surge in Self-Taught Job Skills, Creating a Verification Headache

With unconventional learning on the rise, companies face mounting pressure to separate genuine expertise from resume noise. OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- From YouTube crash courses to TikTok tutorials promising "job‑ready skills in under 10 minutes," self‑taught learning is exploding, and it's beginning to reshape resumes across the country. Self‑learning is opening doors for workers everywhere, but it also raises the bar on veri…

Employers slow to embrace surge in self-taught job skills: survey

From YouTube crash courses to TikTok tutorials promising “job‑ready skills in under 10 minutes,” self‑taught learning is exploding, and it’s beginning to reshape resumes across the country. A newly released Express Employment Professionals-Harris Poll survey shows 52 per cent of job seekers and 51 per cent of hiring managers believe skills learned through informal online platforms are credible. Yet with nearly one-third of job seekers (31 per ce…